rhythm (redirected from circamensual rhythm)

rhythm  (rm)

n.

1. Movement or variation characterized by the regular recurrence or alternation of different quantities or conditions: the rhythm of the tides.

2. The patterned, recurring alternations of contrasting elements of sound or speech.

3. Music

a. The pattern of musical movement through time.

b. A specific kind of such a pattern, formed by a series of notes differing in duration and stress: a waltz rhythm.

c. A group of instruments supplying the rhythm in a band.

4.

a. The pattern or flow of sound created by the arrangement of stressed and unstressed syllables in accentual verse or of long and short syllables in quantitative verse.

b. The similar but less formal sequence of sounds in prose.

c. A specific kind of metrical pattern or flow: iambic rhythm.

5.

a. The sense of temporal development created in a work of literature or a film by the arrangement of formal elements such as the length of scenes, the nature and amount of dialogue, or the repetition of motifs.

b. A regular or harmonious pattern created by lines, forms, and colors in painting, sculpture, and other visual arts.

6. The pattern of development produced in a literary or dramatic work by repetition of elements such as words, phrases, incidents, themes, images, and symbols.

7. Procedure or routine characterized by regularly recurring elements, activities, or factors: the rhythm of civilization; the rhythm of the lengthy negotiations.

---

[Latin rhythmus, from Greek rhuthmos; see sreu- in Indo-European roots.]

---

rhythm

Noun

1. any regular movement or beat: the side-effects can cause changes in the rhythm of the heart beat

2. any regular pattern that occurs over a period of time: the seasonal rhythm of the agricultural year

3.

a. the arrangement of the durations of and stress on the notes of a piece of music, usually laid out in regular groups ([bars]) of beats

b. any specific arrangement of such groupings: waltz rhythm

4. (in poetry) the arrangement of words to form a regular pattern of stresses [Greek rhuthmos]

rhythmic
rhythmical adj
rhythmically adv

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	rhythm - the basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music; "the piece has a fast rhythm"; "the conductor set the beat" musical rhythm, beat backbeat - a loud steady beat downbeat - the first beat of a musical measure (as the conductor's arm moves downward) offbeat, upbeat - an unaccented beat (especially the last beat of a measure) syncopation - a musical rhythm accenting a normally weak beat musical time - (music) the beat of musical rhythm
	2.	rhythm - recurring at regular intervals regular recurrence cyclicity, periodicity - the quality of recurring at regular intervals cardiac rhythm, heart rhythm - the rhythm of a beating heart
	3.	rhythm - an interval during which a recurring sequence of events occurs; "the never-ending cycle of the seasons" cycle, round interval, time interval - a definite length of time marked off by two instants phase angle, phase - a particular point in the time of a cycle; measured from some arbitrary zero and expressed as an angle
	4.	rhythm - the arrangement of spoken words alternating stressed and unstressed elements; "the rhythm of Frost's poetry" speech rhythm template, templet, guide - a model or standard for making comparisons prosody, inflection - the patterns of stress and intonation in a language
	5.	rhythm - natural family planning in which ovulation is assumed to occur 14 days before the onset of a period (the fertile period would be assumed to extend from day 10 through day 18 of her cycle) calendar method, calendar method of birth control, rhythm method, rhythm method of birth control natural family planning - any of several methods of family planning that do not involve sterilization or contraceptive devices or drugs; coitus is avoided during the fertile time of a woman's menstrual cycle

---

rhythm

noun 1. beat, swing, accent, pulse, tempo, cadence, lilt

noun 2. metre, time, measure Prosody

noun 3. pattern, movement, flow, periodicity

Translations

rhythm [ˈrɪðm] n → ritmo

---

rhythm [ˈrɪðm] n → rythme m

---

rhythm [ˈrɪðm] n → Rhythmus m

---

rhythm [ˈrɪðm] n → ritmo